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(No Model.)

J. L. ANDERSON.

RAT TRAP.

No. 352,902. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

I UNITED STATES- PATENT OFF CE.

JAMES L. ANDERSON, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONF- HALF TO.WORDEN B. MASON, OF SAME PLACE.

' RAT-TRA P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,902, dated November16, 1886,

Application filed March 15, 1886. Serial No. 195.371. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at- Grand Rapids, in the countyof Kent and State of 5 Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rat-Traps; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make. and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a plan view, top removed. Fig. 2 is a side view online X Xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear end view showing. lower portion ofbait-spring.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

My invention relates .to improvements in rat-traps wherein the bottom oftrap is made to revolve by operation of weight and pulley.

The object of my invention .is to drop the animal into a pail of wateror other receptacle below and leave trap reset for another 'capture. A Idescribe my invention in detail as follows: Referring to the drawings, Arepresents bottom frame of trap, which consists of a box or casing openat one end, within which is the floor B, rigidly hung on the shaft G,which is extended through the frame on one side, form-. ing the axis ofdrum a, and'terminating in the crank b. The post D, made in sections forfacility in shipment, has the pulley d at the top. The rope' c, fastenedto the drum a,

passes over said pulley and holds suspended the Weight w.

F is the top of trap, G the closed portion back end is shown as Z.

The floor B is held in horizontal position by the catch 1 on the underside, and the catch f on the upper side. The catch f is the lower endand bent inwardly at its lower end to enof side, and H the wire portionof same. The

end of the rod E, the rod passing through the 4 back of the trap, whereit is bent at right an- I gles through the pivot-socket h, and thencepasses upward and through to inside of trap,

where it terminates in the baithook 9. his held in position by thespring 71, which also operates the upper catch, f, which consists of awire bent in the form of a knee, the lower end passing backward throughframe of trap and the upper end termi-nating in the eye 0,

through which said spring passes.

Upon theinner end of said trap is hung the mirror k, held by the claws nn, the object of which is to entice the animal into the trap by thesight of its own likeness.

It will be seen that, the trap being set by the winding up of the weightand baited, any pull-' ing at the bait will disengage the catch f, andthe floor B will reverse ends, the back end dropping.

I am aware that traps having tilting or revolving floors are not novel.

What I claim, and.desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnitedStates, is-

In a rat-trap, the combination of the bottom frame, A, having thepivoted floor B, the drum mounted on the shaft of the floor, a journaledpulley, a weightedrope secured to the drum and, passing over the pulley,the

pivot-ed rod E, bent to form ahook at its'upper gage the under side oft-he floor to support it, the catchf, bent inwardly to engage the upperside of the floor and bent at its upper end to form an eye, and aspring, t, passing through the eye 0 and bearing against the catch f,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.7

JAMES L. ANDERSON.

